Act of Congress Serious Advertising Act

[Kat]

A
BILL
to
Expand protections against misleading advertising​

The people of the Commonwealth of Redmont, through their elected Representatives in the Congress and the force of law ordained to that Congress by the people through the constitution, do hereby enact the following provisions into law:


1 - Short Title and Enactment
(1) This Act may be titled as the “Serious Advertising Act”.
(2) This Act shall be enacted immediately upon its signage.
(3) This Act has been authored and sponsored by Representative Jesseya aka Kat
(4) This Act has been co-sponsored by Senator 1950Minecrafter

2 - Reasons
(1)The current legislation provides no protection against the public being mislead by joke advertisements

3 - Amend
(1)Section 18 of the Commercial Standards Act shall be amended as follows:
“18 - Definitions
…
(7) Misleading Advertisement: A commercial advertisement that includes information that is true, but is presented in a way that may confuse or mislead the reasonable person. The below actions are considered misleading advertisement:
(a) Omitting information that a reasonable person would consider in their decision making.
(b) Using ambiguous language
(c) Omitting the intent of a non-serious or satirical advertisement
”

 

[Smami]

Aye, While I believe all deserve the right to express their thoughts through satire or otherwise, it is not unreasonable to expect a person to establish intent on an individual advertisement

 

[juniperfig]

Presidential Assent

This bill has been granted assent and is hereby signed into law.